Wednesday, April 20, 2016

SAFE NESTLAS VEGAS, NEVADA****CHALLENGE COMPLETED****Safe Nest was opened in 1978 with 12 beds. Today 39 years later, they are the largest - with 70 beds - and the most comprehensive domestic violence program in Nevada.All shelters rely on donations from the public to maintain the level of service. Donations can be in any form. They all love money, of course. Many shelters have a Wish List on their website of items that are needed such as laundry detergent to socks. I often see slippers and washcloths.If you live in the Las Vegas area, you have likely seen purple and white donation bins. They belong to Safe Nest and have been placed throughout the Las Vegas Valley area. They are emptied on a regular basis and have proven to be a very effective method to increase donations.So, today, we are going to make a donation to Safe Nest. Our donation will provide warmth for toes of all sizes and we hope they help warm the soul as well.So let's get busy and make a pledge to Safe Nest: 75 women - DONE 5 teen boys - DONE 10 preteen girls - DONE 10 preteen boys - DONE 10 youth girls - DONE 10 youth boys - DONE 10 toddler girls - DONE 10 toddler boys - DONE 5 booties girls - DONE 5 booties boys - DONE

150 washcloths - DONE

Mailing Deadline: May 31, 2016

Send to:

Safe NestAttention: Chris R.2915 W. Charleston Blvd. Ste. 12Las Vegas, NV 89102Please send your pledge by way of a comment on this post or through a signup message at the top right of the page. If a category that you pledge is filled before we receive your pledge, we will let you know as soon as possible.

Our last challenge (on our Facebook page), a Cozies for Pets challenge for the Circle of Hope shelter in Georgia, was a success! All pet blankets requested were pledged!We now have a NEW SHELTER CHALLENGE......in Nevada.....that will be posted around 1:00 PM (Eastern) today (Wednesday). We hope you will join in with us to help warm hearts and toes there as soon as possible.Rachel, Judy, and Lynne

Friday, April 15, 2016

CHALLENGE #15 OF 2016 HAS BEEN COMPLETED! Thank you to everyone who made pledges. The mission of The Pink Slipper Project could not be accomplished without everyone's help.....whether you pledge one pair of slippers or one washcloth or many. We appreciate all of you and hope that you will continue to join in as often as you are able.Stay tuned, though. The Circle of Hope shelter has a pet program in place, so we will be doing a "Cozies for Pets" challenge very shortly to send them some nice cozy, handmade blankets for their fur babies that are staying there, too.

REMEMBER: THIS IS A CONFIDENTIAL SHELTER. PLEASE USE THE EXACT ADDRESS AS LISTED ABOVE AND DO NOT INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE SHELTER. THANK YOU.**** THERE WILL BE A "COZIES FOR PETS" CHALLENGE FOR THIS SHELTER WHEN THIS CHALLENGE HAS BEEN COMPLETED! ****

A new challenge will be posted both here on the blog and on our Facebook page later this morning (Thursday, April 14th). We hope you will check back with us and join in on the new challenge. Most of our challenge pledges are received through our Facebook page; however, we try to keep the "numbers still needed" in each category updated here on the blog as quickly as possible. If you make a pledge through the blog and the categories you have pledged have been filled, we will get back to you as soon as we possibly can.Rachel, Judy, and Lynne

Friday, April 1, 2016

Thanks to a final pledge from one of our newest members, Elaine, CHALLENGE #13 OF 2016 has been COMPLETED!! We hope that many hearts and toes in Meridian, Mississippi, will be warmed with all of your wonderful handmade slippers and washcloths!

Rachel is working on getting all of the information ready for our next challenge - and it may be a bigger one - so, if you didn't get in on the last challenge, we hope that you will start or continue making slippers and washcloths in your favorite sizes so that you will be ready to pledge when the next shelter challenge is posted. Don't forget - we have a "Sizing Chart" which can be found in the right hand column, which lists a breakdown of the slipper sizes (by gender/age) that we usually request for each challenge. You can use our Signature Pink Slipper patterns or any pattern of your choosing (no decorations on children's/babies slippers due to a possible choking hazard, please).

When a challenge is posted, which includes the numbers of slippers/washcloths requested for that specific shelter, our members post a "pledge" to make a specific number of slippers and/or washcloths and send them directly to the address listed in the challenge information. We do not have a central location to store slippers and washcloths made by our members and then send them out to various shelters. Instead of sending them to us, you are sending them directly to the shelter that you made them for!

We work mainly from our Facebook page, so if you would like to join us there, we would love to have you. But if not, you can join in on challenges as we list them here. We try to keep the numbers still needed in each category updated as quickly as possible (as most pledges come in on the Facebook page). Just put your pledge in a "comment" on the challenge post and we will receive it. Occasionally, a pledge will come in for a category that has been filled. If so, we will get back to you and let you know as quickly as we can.